Posted by lifelover on December 7, 2010, at 2:38:42
In reply to Re: Anyone with nardil questions? » lifelover, posted by ace on December 7, 2010, at 1:55:45
> > Hey ace, watsup
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> Hello!
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> ive been reading ur posts for a long time, with great enthusiasm.
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> very glad to hear.
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> I too have had great success with nardil, it totally got rid of my depression and sa. However 6 or so months ago i was hospitalized by my parents for "acting crazy."
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> OK- tell me exactly what you did to have your parents state your "acting crazy". What prompted your parents to hospitalize you?
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> Truth was I was taking 120mg of Nardil, when I was only perscribed 90mg.
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> If 90mg was working, i would have stayed at that dose.
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> I was also under the influence of weed and pcp(I know its bad I shouldnt have been smoking, I was unaware that the weed was laced with pcp until i had my drug test at the hospital.)
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> I cannot espouse the use of any illicit substance.
> Generally illicit substances are illicit for a very good reason.
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> Anyways in the hospital the doctors blamed the nardil and took me off it.
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> Really?! That sounds convenient! How did the Nardil cause it? they knew about your other drugs too?
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> My depression and sa have returned as a result.
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> Absolutely no surprise at all.
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> > Life has been hell these past 6 months, but with much hard work I have finally got my doctor to perscribe nardil again.
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> GOOD! (about the part of prescribing Nardil again- not the hell part!)
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> But she wants to do a low dose i think she is scared to go back to 90mg(hopefully I can convince her to up the dosage).
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> what sort of dose are we exactly talking about here? Ask her how many px's she has treated with nardil.
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> > Anyways just thought I shed a little light on situation for u ace, but here are my questions.
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> > How do i go about convincing my doctor to put me back on 90mg?
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> I can't offer any advise until you answer my previous and following qstns. Also, are you using any recreational drugs?
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> > Also I have been taking lithium since I was hospitalized does lithium potentiate nardil in any way? I remember when they weened me down to one nardil pill a day, they put me on lithium and the not long after i toook the lithium with the nardil I felt really good like I had taken 120mg of nardil. Anyways these are my question ace hoping to hear from u soon.
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> You are currently taking Lithium now? At what dose?
> It's best I know more details before I reply with any advise.
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> Cheers
> Ace
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>Ok ace what I meant by acting crazy was like the police called my parents because the cvs in the town over said I looked suspicious while walking through the store. Also when I left my parents house that day I accidentally hit the garage door with my car which didnt look rite to my mother. My mom also said I was talking to myself but it was when I was asleep. The nardil for watever reason makes me talk in my sleep as observed by my girlfriend. So I dont think I was crazy. But ya they put me in the hospital for those reasons. The one thing I encountered at 120 mg's was extreme insomnia. Like I would stay up for days straight and then sleep for like 14 hours.
Once I was in the hospital I remember being perfectly normal except for one instant where I looked out my window and thought I saw some kids throwing frisbies. I think if anything it was the pcp and the lack of sleep(maybe even the weed) that cause me to hallucinate. They said I was extremly irritable but in my eyes I remember being so angry with them because they took away my nardil( the only med that has ever helped me) I couldnt help but yell at them. They took this as me being crazy as well. Its just all so frustrating ace.
I am currently not using any drugs. I am willing to sacrafice it all for nardil and a better life.As far as of why they blamed the nardil, they said it is a bad drug and they dont know why my pdoc put me on it. They also said the reason why they rulled out the pcp and weed as the prime culprit was because of the duration of my "craziness"(hallucinations, hostilaty, and irritability) which they said lasted almost a week. They also said they gave me drugs so I wouldnt remember any of it which is why I dont I guess. The weird thing is all my memories of me being in the hospital are completly normal, even going into the hospital I felt completely normal. I can be pretty intimidating when I am angry and I do have a very short fuse. Does it mean Im insane to the point where I have to be hospitalized. Not in my eyes but in their eyes it was different. Again ace its all very frustrating.
As far as the lithium goes they put me on it in the hospital and highly recommended I stay on it. I dont notice any changes positive or negative and have been on it for 6 months.I am currently on 900mg but my doctor wants to go up to 1200mg before I start the nardil. In the hospital I did notice a very strong synergy between the lithium and the nardil. My ocd was gone(the nardil bu itself got rid of it by about 60-70 percent but when combined with lithium it seemed to be completly squashed) , I was extremly creative,confident and talkative, and I had only take one 15mg nardil pill that day(they were weening me off it) I believe the lithium was a time release tablet (maybe 600mg not sure) but ya unfortunatly the next day they took me off the nardil completly.
As for the dosage my doctor hasnt mentioned anything yet Im guessing anywhere from 15mg-45mg. Hopefully if I tolerate a lower dosage well shell consider going higher. That is when the depression and sa are in complete remmission.
You must understand Ace this is all very hard on me. I have struggled with sa and depression since I was 17(Im 24 now). The nardil for me was a life saver. For the first time in my life I felt connected to myself and the people around me. I could talk to people effortlessly, and spark up conversation with anyone, even strangers. I was truely happy for the first time since my early childhood. Then this bs happened. I honestly think my parents overreacted as they do about everything.And why the nardil was blamed when there was pcp and weed involved I do not know. Have you ever heard of nardil cause this type of thing I experienced? But yah I Hope Ive answered your questions enough for you to be able to repond. Thankyou ace for hearing me out.
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